Washboard-holder



NITEED STATES AEENT Fries.

WASHBOARD-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 582,820, dated May 18, 1897.

Application filed February 5, 1897. Serial No. 622,093. (No model.)

-To all whom it may concern,-

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. HEILMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania; have invented certain new and useful Improvements so as to normally occupy an inclined position,

but so arranged as to be manipulated manually back and forth in the tub for required purposes; and in such connection it relates to the general construction and arrangement of the-holder for being detachably clamped to position and so as to permit of the said movement in the tub or similar appliance.

The principal object of my invention is to provide asimple, durable, and eifective holder fora washboard adapted to be securely held within a tub or similar appliance, yet adapted in such position of the same to be manipulated manually from its normally-inclined position in the appliance to a vertical one, so as to permit of articles held in the tub to be handled on the rubbing-surface of the board or to be removed from the tub.

My invention, stated in general terms, con sists of a tub provided with a washboard having a holder therefor when constructed and arranged in substantially the manner hereinafter describedand claimed.

The nature and general features of my i11- ventio'n will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which-- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a tub with a washboard having a holder therefor embodying the main features of myinven- B is the board, of any preferred form, having the legs I) and b at the lower portions of the same provided with a cross-bar C. This bar is provided with internal openings or bearings 0, extending to near the middle of said bar 0, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2, into which are inserted belts or pins (Z and d, engaged by screws 0 to prevent, in the back-and-forth manual movement of the board, the said belts or pins from being withdrawn from the legs I) and b of the board. The said bolts or pins d and d constitu te a pivotal con nection of the legs of the board with said cross-bar O, to which is secured a vertical strip D, provided at the upper portion with a clamp E, having a set-screw f. The clamp E of the T-shaped connection with the board is adapted to be brought into engagement with the wall of the tub A and thereby to hold said board firmly in itsnormally-inclined position, as illustrated in Fig. 1, but at the same time while in such clamped or fixed position with the tub the board may be shifted manually into a vertical position, as indicated in the dottedlines in said Fig. 1 or in full lines in Fig. 2, to enable articles to be removed from the tub or forany other desired purpose.

Having thus described the nature and 0bjeets of my invcntien, what]. claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device for holding washboards, the

combination withthe legs of the washboard,

of a cross-bar pivotally connected to the lower end of each of said legs, a vertiealiy-arranged strip secured at its lower end to said crossbar, and a clampingdevice adapted to secure the upper end of said strip to the tub, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. WALTER DoUeLAss, THoMAs M. SMITH. 

